A Page of Madness (Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1926)
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A Page of Madness (Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1926)
According to IMDB there has been a new restoration. Hopefully this means a DVD is on the way. Does anyone have any info?
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No, I think there were really poor quality (and incomplete) prints floating about prior to rediscovery of the pristine print (or was it negative) -- at the bottom of the Kinugasa family's farm's rice barrel.zedz wrote:I thought the found-in-his-shed print was the only source, good or bad. For a long time this was a lost film. In cases like that, I guess 'public domain' is irrelevant.
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The beat-to-hell VHS-to-DVD transfer I have looks as if the print itself was in decent shape. Obviously smaller dirt and scratches wouldn't be as apparent with all the magnetic distortion and flutter, but it looked as if all the material was clear, and ready to be cleaned up if need be.
I saw Kinugasa's Jujiro last month at the SFFF, and the print they had looked great as well (and Stephen Horne's accompaniment was breathtaking).
I saw Kinugasa's Jujiro last month at the SFFF, and the print they had looked great as well (and Stephen Horne's accompaniment was breathtaking).
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Re: A Page of Madness (Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1926)
The film will be screened with a new presentation and score at International House Philadelphia on Friday, October 22nd, 2010 at 8:00pm, and again the next night (Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 at 7:30pm) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
I'm sad that I will miss it...
I'm sad that I will miss it...
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Re: A Page of Madness (Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1926)
Do you know what print that is? International House played it a few years back (2006, around Halloween - basically, the only time I've seen it), but it was a pretty bad print.McCrutchy wrote:The film will be screened with a new presentation and score at International House Philadelphia on Friday, October 22nd, 2010 at 8:00pm, and again the next night (Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 at 7:30pm) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
I'm sad that I will miss it...
If this is the new print, then - I'm there.
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Re: A Page of Madness (Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1926)
Well, it is being presented as part of MoMA's 8th International Festival of Film Preservation program, so I don't think they'd be showing a bad print . . . .
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Ah ~ did not click through to see this is part of To Save and Project (which I've missed the past couple of years).
This just might be the start of the long-awaited DVD release... One can dream, anyway.
This just might be the start of the long-awaited DVD release... One can dream, anyway.
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Re: A Page of Madness (Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1926)
Hmmm... your's truly may just slither in there for a peek. My DVD-R from the back alleys of the trader world is maddeningly fuzzy and weak... and yet the film still roars through with all it's great power.
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Re: A Page of Madness (Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1926)
I think MoMA is screening the Eastman House print. I think it looks pretty good. The print is 7-8 years old with only 3-5 screenings over that time. I could be wrong. I'll check when I get into work tomorrow.Jack Phillips wrote:Well, it is being presented as part of MoMA's 8th International Festival of Film Preservation program, so I don't think they'd be showing a bad print . . . .
Am able to confirm that both the Philly and MoMA screening will be the Eastman House print. For whatever that is worth to you all.
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And you, sir, would be very, very right about that. And it was more than worth it, E train every few minutes and all.Mysterypez wrote:I think it looks pretty good.
Plus the Eastman House rep (sorry, don't remember her name) was pointed out in the pre-movie discussion bits.
Things I couldn't see last time: the movie reminded me of a darker I'm A Cyborg, But That's Okay (and bits of Antichrist) the way it portrayed mental states / madness.
Okay, these two didn't exist when I saw the Bad, Bad print five years ago, but still.
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Re: A Page of Madness (Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1926)
This must be what we saw 6 or 7 years ago (must be why it looked almost as good as brand-new). ;~}Mysterypez wrote:I think MoMA is screening the Eastman House print. I think it looks pretty good. The print is 7-8 years old with only 3-5 screenings over that time. I could be wrong. I'll check when I get into work tomorrow.